To achieve our purpose, we discuss the process,
outcomes and challenges of a feasibility study conducted
in New Brunswick , Canada, to examine the
Intervention for Health Enhancement After Leaving
(iHEAL), a primary health care intervention for women
recently separated from violent/abusive partners (Ford-
Gilboe, Merritt-Gray, Varcoe, & Wuest, 2011). Partnerships
were central to this feasibility study and included a
research team partnership among university researchers
and government and non-profit policymakers, community
partnerships with domestic violence stakeholders, and
interventionist partnerships between outreach workers
and registered nurses .